Cardiff Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
ONS register: Local-authority-district·NHS ODS: LOCAL AUTHORITY - LEGACY·Local authority·Wales (Cymru)·Cardiff·Ran 3 procurements for other authorities·Central purchasing body on 15 of 133 notices
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 25 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
85 awarded tenders, 165 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
3 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Healthy Relationships Service | 2 Oct 2026 | 2d | £330,000 |
| Framework for Environmental & External Improvements | 5 Oct 2026 | 5d | £6,360,000 |
| Dedicated Housing Tenant Website | 16 Oct 2026 | 16d | £75,500 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
45 Construction work40 procedures · 30% · 1 open85 Health and social work services35 procedures · 26% · 1 open71 Architectural, construction, engineering26 procedures · 20%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental17 procedures · 13%34 Transport equipment and products10 procedures · 8%50 Repair and maintenance services10 procedures · 8%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting9 procedures · 7%09 Petroleum, coal, oil and gas8 procedures · 6%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 133 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
- Contract 77% (103 notices)
- Framework 20% (27 notices)
- Dynamic purchasing system 2% (3 notices)
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
- Route not published 45% (60 notices)
- Open 37% (49 notices)
- Direct award 8% (10 notices)
- Selective 7% (9 notices)
- Limited / restricted 4% (5 notices)
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 25 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 19 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 133 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 17 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| IAN WILLIAMS | 4 | 4.7% | 1 | 7 | 23 Oct 2024 |
| CARDO (WALES & WEST) LIMITED | 4 | 4.7% | 0 | 4 | 5 Apr 2022 |
| WSP UK Limited | 3 | 3.5% | 3 | 3 | 29 May 2026 |
| AECOM LIMITED | 3 | 3.5% | 3 | 3 | 29 May 2026 |
| ATKINS LTD | 3 | 3.5% | 3 | 3 | 29 May 2026 |
| Mott MacDonald | 3 | 3.5% | 3 | 3 | 29 May 2026 |
| RPS Consultancy Services Ltd | 3 | 3.5% | 3 | 3 | 29 May 2026 |
| OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED | 3 | 3.5% | 3 | 3 | 29 May 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 11% of 85 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 165 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Channel View Regeneration | WATES CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | — | — | £110,000,000 † |
| Fairwater Community Campus | Borley Engineering Services Ltd | — | — | £88,689,066 † |
| Fairwater Community Campus | Borley Engineering Services Ltd | — | — | £88,441,349 † |
| Channel View Regeneration | WATES CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | — | — | £80,000,000 † |
| Two Children Services Residential Homes | Rainbow Therapeutic Ltd | 12 Mar 2026 | 5 yrs · up to 7 yrs | £8,092,600 ≈ £1.6m/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
Published end dates only · 14 of 111 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Lot 1 – Eco-friendly disposableperiod products (pads andtampons) | & Sisters, & Sisters, Eco Hygiene Care Ltd +1 | 9 Oct 2026 | £748,528 |
| Lot 2 - Menstrual Cups | Eco Hygiene Care Ltd, Eco Hygiene Care Ltd, Lyreco UK Limited +1 | 9 Oct 2026 | £69,548 |
| Lot 3 - Period Pants and wet bags | Eco Hygiene Care Ltd, Eco Hygiene Care Ltd, Lyreco UK Limited +1 | 9 Oct 2026 | £1,088,723 |
| Lot 4 – Reusable cloth pads and wet bags | Eco Hygiene Care Ltd, Eco Hygiene Care Ltd, Lyreco UK Limited +1 | 9 Oct 2026 | £266,380 |
| Lot 5 - Educational Material | Eco Hygiene Care Ltd, Eco Hygiene Care Ltd | 9 Oct 2026 | £40,204 |
| South East Wales Technical and Professional Services - Multi-Discipline | AHR Architects Ltd | 30 Sept 2027 | £1,178,507 |
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 254 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Weed Control ContractAgricultural | Planning | 29 Sept 2026 | £1,200,000 |
| Complex Needs Hostel Provision | Awarded / complete | 28 Sept 2026 | — |
| Low Level Hostel Provision | Awarded / complete | 17 Sept 2026 | — |
| Ely Youth ZoneArchitectural | Open | 15 Sept 2026 | £8,650,000 |
| Light Touch Framework for Care Home Provision for Older People and Mental Health Older Persons in CardiffHealth and social work services | Planning | 9 Sept 2026 | £79,650,930 |
| Control and Management of traffic and related services 2026Engineering-design services for traffic installations | Awarded / complete | 8 Sept 2026 | £4,999,999 |
| Refuge and Community Support Services Lot 1 - 4Health and social work services | Awarded / complete | 27 Aug 2026 | £12,990,000 |
| Community Municipal Investment ModelBanking and investment services | Planning | 20 Aug 2026 | £30,000 |
| Cycle Hire SchemeCycles with auxiliary motors | Open | 17 Aug 2026 | £3,400,000 |
| Young Persons Accommodation and Support ServicesHealth and social work services | Planning | 10 Aug 2026 | £24,128,244 |
| Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) Leadership ProgrammeAdult and other education services | Awarded / complete | 7 Aug 2026 | £312,500 |
| Cardiff International Sports Village (ISV) Car Park and Development OpportunityArchitectural | Open | 28 Jul 2026 | £4,500,000 |
| Lamby Way Solar Farm Operations & ManagementElectricity | Awarded / complete | 23 Jul 2026 | £243,000 |
| South East Wales Technical & Professional Services Framework 2 (SEWTAPS 2)Construction consultancy services | Planning | 23 Jul 2026 | £200,000,000 |
| South East Wales Technical & Professional Services Framework 2 (SEWTAPS 2)Construction consultancy services | Planned | 23 Jul 2026 | £200,000,000 |
| Framework for Planned Works to Domestic Properties | Awarded / complete | 20 Jul 2026 | £37,200,000 |
| Transportation and Processing of HWRC Wood Refuse and waste related services | Open | 13 Jul 2026 | £450,000 |
| Cardiff Bay Barrage Sport and Exercise AreaConstruction work | Awarded / complete | 6 Jul 2026 | £300,000 |
| Framework for Adaptation Works to Domestic Properties – General BuildingConstruction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses | Open | 6 Jul 2026 | £12,000,000 |
| Young Persons Provision, Accommodation and SupportHealth and social work services | Planned | 3 Jul 2026 | £26,208,000 |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£1.6bn, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 65 award records on 30 procedures (33 to a single canonical supplier, 25 multi-supplier, 7 with no supplier published). 10 values come from the contract record when the award carried none.
- Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
- Contract end dates: 14 of 111 published contracts carry a period end; 6 end within 18 months, 5 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (5 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
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